Alteryx encoding

Have you ever get so fed up because there is no such thing as “Encoding” tool in the vast collection of Alteryx tools and you are getting a non “CSV” export file filled with unreadable characters in it? Well, You’ve came to the right place.

Alteryx uses the term “code pages” to describe encoding, or UTF-8 or Character Sets setting. What the hack is code page anyway? can’t you just say “Encoding” or “Character Set” so it’s more commonly used nowadays?

Anyway, here is the solution. First, search the Alteryx help index for “code page” and it will list you a list of encoding standards with its respective code.

Now, comes the biggest spoiler, the encoding tool is hidden inside the Formula tool as a “function” and named ConvertToCodePage and ConvertFromCodePage.